156 2017 TRAVEL GUIDE TO FLORIDA
FLORIDA TIME ZONES
While most of Florida is located in the Eastern Time Zone, a
portion of Northwest Florida is in the Central Time Zone. The
Apalachicola River is the dividing line between Central
Standard Time in the western part of Northwest Florida and
Eastern Standard Time in the eastern part.
Central Time Zone
Eastern Time Zone
DATES FESTIVALS WEBSITES
January 13-15, 2017 Art Deco Weekend Festival, Miami Beach artdecoweekend.com
January 25-30, 2017 Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival, Titusville spacecoastbirdingandwildlifefestival.org
January 21, 2017 Gasparilla Pirate Fest, Tampa gasparillapiratefest.com
February 9-20, 2017 Florida State Fair, Tampa floridastatefair.com
February 17-19, 2017 Silver Spurs Rodeo, Kissimmee silverspursrodeo.com
March 2-12, 2017 Florida Strawberry Festival, Plant City flstrawberryfestival.com
March 10-19, 2017 Bike Week, Daytona Beach officialbikeweek.com
March 31-April 1, 2017 Springtime Tallahassee Festival springtimetallahassee.com
April 1, 2017 Dunedin Highland Games & Festival dunedinhighlandgames.com
May 3-7, 2017 SunFest, West Palm Beach sunfest.com
May 25-28, 2017 Jacksonville Jazz Festival, Jacksonville jaxjazzfest.com
July 8, 2017 Pensacola Beach Air Show, Pensacola blueangels.navy.mil/show
July 20-22, 2017 Hemingway Days Festival, Key West fla-keys.com/hemingwaymedia/
July 26-28, 2017 Florida Folk Festival, White Springs floridafolkfestival.com
September 29–October 1, 2017 Pensacola Seafood Festival, Pensacola visitpensacola.com/landing/seafood-festival
Late September–mid-November 2017 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival, Orlando disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/epcot
/special-events/epcot-international
-food-and-wine-festival
October 19-22, 2017 Biketoberfest, Daytona Beach biketoberfest.org
November 2017 American Sandsculpting Championship Festival, fmbsandsculpting.com
Fort Myers Beach
November 2017—January 2018 Nights of Lights, St. Augustine nightsoflights.com
December 2017 Winter Festival, Downtown Tallahassee tallahasseedowntown.com/news
December 7-10, 2017 Art Basel, Miami Beach miamibeach.artbasel.com
December 16, 2017 Winterfest Boat Parade, Fort Lauderdale winterfestparade.com
Dates and websites were correct at time of printing. Information is subject to change without notice.
ANNUAL FLORIDA FESTIVALS
With more than 3,500 annual events happening throughout the
Sunshine State, visitors to Florida are never at a loss for things to do and
see. Here is a list of the state's largest events, which represents just a
smattering of what is planned. For more information on these and other
scheduled events, log onto visitflorida.com or the Florida Festival and
Events Association website at ffea.com.
Street art in St. Pete. Photo: VisitStPeteClearwater.com
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